PhD in Applied Economics

Academic year 2017-18

Interdisciplinary and specific educational activities

Cross-Training Activities

Communication skills inEnglish: Written and Oral expression (Module I).
Objective
Acquire advanced knowledge of English language
Hours
30
Requirements
B2 level English
Mode
Intensive and cross training activities
Temporality
1st semester of each academic year?
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
Activities in which students can practice writing in English to develop skills for a C1 level context.
Mobility
Not applicable
Literature search techniques
Objective
Develop skills to search for bibliographic references related to a specific research topic in different public and private bibliographic databases.
Hours
30
Requirements
 
Mode
Cross training activities
Temporality
1st semester of each academic year
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
 
Mobility
Not applicable
Communication skills in English: Written and Oral expression (Module II)
Objective
Acquire advanced knowledge of English language (written and oral communication).
Hours
30
Requirements
B2 level English
Mode
Intensive and cross training activities
Temporality
2nd half of each academic year
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
Activities in which students can practice writing in English to develop skills for a C2 level context.
Mobility
Not applicable
Ethics and integrity of scientific research.
Objective
Understand the aims and purposes of scientific research on any area.
Hours
30
Requirements
 
Mode
Cross training activities
Temporality
2nd half of each academic year?
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
 
Mobility
Not applicable
Entrepreneurship
Objective
Acquire knowledge about the basic concepts of a Business Plan as a key tool to analyze both the feasibility of a business project and its monitoring and follow-up once it has been undertaken
Hours
30
Requirements
 
Mode
Cross training activities
Temporality
2nd half of each academic year
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
 
Mobility
Not applicable

Specific-Training Activities

Models of transfer technology
Objective
Acquire knowledge of different ways to perform knowledge transfer and innovation. R+D+i Basic Laws. Protection of copyright. Technology transfer strategies.
Hours
30
Requirements
 
Mode
Cross training activities
Temporality
2nd half of each academic year?
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
 
Mobility
Not applicable
Research Seminars.
Objective
Attend seminars given by both researchers belonging to the program faculty and national or international renowned researchers invited by the faculty (preferably from international research centers).
Hours
10
Requirements
 
Mode
Specific training activities
Temporality
Each academic year
Year
1st year
Control Procedure
In general, doctoral students must attend a minimum of 10 seminars over the three years.
Mobility
Yes
Seminars taught by doctoral students.
Objective
Receive guidance and support to summarize the findings of a research work, identify and highlight the main arguments supporting these findings, and discuss the different methodological options and their limitations.
Hours
30
Requirements
 
Mode
Specific trainig activities
Temporality
Each academic year from the second year
Year
Second year
Control Procedure
Public defense of at least two research works.
Mobility
Yes
Preparation of scientific reports
Objective
Carry out a communication or scientific article related to the topic of the PhD thesis, which will be directed by the thesis supervisor.
Hours
30
Requirements
 
Mode
Specific trainig activities
Temporality
 
Year
Second and third year
Control Procedure
Dissemination through publication in national and international top journals.
Mobility
Yes
Research stay at another center
Objective
Promoting research stays abroad to develop one or more topics of the doctoral thesis in collaboration with a foreign research team.
Hours
160
Requirements
 
Mode
Optional specific training activities
Temporality
 
Year
Junior or senior year
Control Procedure
Invitation letter and stay accreditation
Mobility
Yes